DEVONSHIRE, SPENCER CONIPToN eighth Doke of (1833—). An English statesman. long and familiarly known as the 11arquis of Harlington. Ile is the ebl•st son of William, the seventh Duke. and wars born in Lon don. July '23. 1833. Ile graolualed at 'trinity College. Cambridge, 1s7.1: was attaelied to Earl special mission to 1:ussia. 18:311, and entered Parliament as a Liberal, 1857. •T11 1859 he moved the vote of want of confident,- that re sulted in the fall of the Derby Ministry. Ile be• value Lord of the \diniralty and rtalcr-Secretary of \var in istil3. and iris Secretary of \\'an for a brief period in 1ti1Ni. Ile held the otlha• of Post master-General in Mr. t:ladstone's Cabinet, 181;:8 71, resigning in the latter year to become Chief S•eretary for Ireland. 111 1875 he suemeded Mn, Wad-done as the leader of the opposition in Par liam•nt, anil on the downfall of the Conservative Administratimi. 1880 was sent, for by the Queen to form the new Cabinet : this task being declined both by him and by Lord ilrativille, it finally devolved upon Mr. Gladstone. In the new Cabi net. Lord Harlington was lirst Secretary of State for India and then Secretary of State for 1Var (1883.851, during which period occurred Lord
\Volseley's memorable expedition to relieve (q.v.) at ilpposcil to .Mr. (Millstone's Home Rule policy, in 188(1 he be value the acknowledged leader of the Liberal l'ilionists ot.v.), and subsequently gave a vigor ous support to Lard Salisbury's .\ dministration. Ile beeame eighth Duke of Ikvonshire in 1891, and the following year married the Ihmager of :\lancliester. widow of the seventh Duke. The same he received the Dialer of the Carter. In 1895 he was appointed Lord Presi• dent of the Couneil in the Coalition Cabinet, and in 1900 first president of the Boa F) 14 Educa tion. Ile was chosen president of the t'onitnittee of National and 'Imperial Defense recionna•ilt•il by the commission initialed by and named after him. His academic honors have been the lord rectorship of (Ilasgow l'Iliversity, 1877, lord rectorship, of Edinburgh rniversity, N79.9 1, the chancellorship of Cambridge University. 189'2, and presidency of Dwen's Alanchester, 1900.